After the encounter, as Abdul Rahman searched among the dead for coats of mail as spoils of war, he caught sight of Ummaya holding his son Ali's hand and heard him call out "Abdu Amr', but he ignored him until he addressed him as Abdulillah saying, "Won't you take me prisoner, I am more valuable than those coats of mail!" Abdul Rahman answered, "By Allah, I will!" as he threw down the coats of mail.

Abdul Rahman took them both by the hand and led them toward the camp. As they walked, Ummaya asked the name of the person that had worn an ostrich feather on his chest. Abdul Rahman told him that the man was Hamza, whereupon Ummaya commented that it was he who had harmed them most. Bilal, who had been tortured unmercifully by Ummaya caught sight of Abdul Rahman leading his prisoners to the camp and cried out, "It is the great unbelievers, Ummaya, Khalaf's son, may I not live as long as he lives!"

Abdul Rahman retorted, "They are my prisoners!" but Bilal continued to cry out, "O helpers of Allah, the great unbeliever Ummaya, Khalaf's son, may I not live as long as he lives!" The believers soon began to gather around Abdul Rahman, Ummaya and Ali, then one stepped forward and cut off Ali's foot and Ummaya screamed out in protest with all his might. Abdul Rahman told him that there was nothing he could do for him and the crowd set upon the two and killed them.

The Dried-up Well

When it came time to bury the twenty-four unbelieving Koraysh chieftains, the Prophet (sa) ordered their corpses to be cast into a disused, dried-up well. A few days after as the Prophet (sa) left Badr he passed by the well and addressed each of the corpses by their own name saying, "Would it have pleased you if you had obeyed Allah and His Messenger? We have found what our Lord has promised to be true, have you found what your lord has promised you to be true?"

When Omar heard him speaking to the dead he asked, "O Messenger of Allah (sa), do you speak to bodies without souls?" whereupon he informed him that they could indeed hear him better than Omar had heard him ask. As for Ummaya, he was not buried with his comrades as his body had swollen to such an extent that when they tried to remove his armor it started to disintegrate, so they covered him with earth and stones, leaving him where he had fallen.

The Burial of Utba

As the body of Utba was about to be thrown into the pit along with the other unbelievers, the Prophet (sa) caught sight of Abu Hudhayfah who was Utaba's son. Compassionately, the Prophet (sa) inquired about his feelings, whereupon he replied, "No, I have no misgivings about my father and his death, rather, I remember him for his wisdom, and better qualities. I had hoped that he would be guided to Islam and when I saw he had died in disbelief it saddened me." The Messenger of Allah (sa) spoke kindly to him and then supplicated for Abu Hudhayfah.

The Apostates

Amongst those who had fought against the Prophet (sa) were Harith, Zamaa's son; Abu Kays, Fakih's son, Al Walid's son; Ali, Ummaya's son and Al As, Munabbih's son. All of these men had embraced Islam when the Prophet (sa) was in Mecca, however, when it was time for them to migrate their families had compelled them to stay behind and succeeded to seduce them once more into disbelief. Then, more recently, when the Koraysh asked them to join with them against the Prophet (sa) they had done so without the least hesitation. Now a verse referring to them was sent down.

"And the angels who take those who wronged themselves, will say: ‘In what condition were you?’ They will reply: 'We were oppressed in the land,' They (the angels) will say: 'Was not the earth of Allah wide enough for you in order that you migrate in it?" Those, their shelter will be Gehenna (Hell), an evil arrival." (Koran 4:97)